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moor⋅land

  [moor-luhnd, -land]
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–noun Chiefly British.
an area of moors, esp. country abounding in heather.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME more lond, OE mōrlond. See moor 1 , -land
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moor·land   (mŏŏr'lānd')   
n.  Land consisting of moors.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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moorland

tract of open country that may be either dry with heather and associated vegetation or wet with an acid peat vegetation. If wet, a moor is generally synonymous with bog (q.v.).

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